2. Who invented the binomial nomenclature for classifying all living organisms into Genus and species?I answered e. Jean-Baptiste de Monet “Chevalier de Lamarck”The correct answer is c. Carl von Linné “Linnaeus”The answer is found on the Week 2 powerpoint, page 15.3. Which of the following is a characteristic that distinguishes hominins from hominoids?I answered e. All of the aboveThe correct answer is c. non-honing caninesThe answer is found on week 4 powerpoint, page 464. Which of the following is not a type of mutation?I answered d. substitutionThe correct answer is e. none of the aboveThe answer is found on week 3 powerpoint page 45. Which of the following genera is the earliest of these fossil hominoids?I answered b. ArdipithecusThe correct answer is d. ProconsulThe answer is found on week 4 powerpoint, page 3710. From when do we find the earliest fossil true primates (Euprimates)?I answered d. PaleoceneThe correct answer is a. Eocene (56-34 MBP)The answer is found on week 4 powerpoint page 2311. Who independently came up with the theory of evolution through natural selection?I answered b. Charles Robert DarwinThe correct answer was d. both a. and b.The answer is found on week 2 powerpoint page 2412. The average person has how many novel mutations in their ~3.17 billion base pairs of DNA?I answered b. 27The correct answer is d. 175The answer is found on week 2 powerpoint page 3713) LB-1, the Flores Hobbit, or Homo floresiensis has been dated to approximately which period?I answered a. 2.2-1.8 MBPThe correct answer was d. 100-50 TBPThe answer is found on week 6 powerpoint page 29 14) Charles Darwin did NOT propose in his theory of evolution that:I answered a. “if any one species does not become modified and improved in a corresponding a degree with its competitors, it will soon become exterminated”The correct answer was d. “traits that pass into hybrid association entirely or almost entirely unchanged,thus themselves representing the traits of the hybrid, are termed dominating and those that become latent in the association, recessive”The answer can be found in the Darwin-origin of species pdf15) Sickle cell anemia is due to a mutation that changes one base pair in one codon (single nucleotide polymorphism) that changes one amino acid of the blood cell, what kind of mutation is this?I answered c. Inversion mutationThe correct answer is point mutation The answer can be found on week 3 powerpoint page 2816) Who was the blasphemer that proposed the Earth was millions of years old based on sediment layering?I answered e. Thomas MalthusThe correct answer was d. James HuttonThe answer can be found on week 2 powerpoint page 1818) Which of the following is NOT characteristic of Neanderthals?I answered b. Rodeo ClownsThe correct answer was e. none of the aboveThe answer can be found on week 6 powerpoint page 1519) Which model of the populating of the world by AMHS is most clearly supported by scientific data?I answered c. Multiregional continuity modelThe correct answer was a. Assimilation ModelThe answer is found on week 6 powerpoint page 2421) Which of the following terms was first described by Gregor Mendel?I answered c. Gemmules The correct answer was e. independent assortmentThe answer is found on week 2 powerpoint page 1722) Which of the following is genetic evidence supporting the AMHS Multi-Regional Continuity model forthe populating of the world?I answered d. Low levels of genetic differentiation between geographic regionsThe correct answer was e. none of the aboveThe answer is found on week 6 powerpoint page 2426) Paranthropus is another genus name for which group of Australopithecines?I answered b. obligate bipedalThe correct answer was c. robustThe answer is found on week 4 powerpoint page 7027) Bottlenecking is an extreme and specific case of which of the following evolutionary forces?I answered d. mutationThe correct answer was c. genetic driftThe answer is found on week 2 powerpoint page 3328) Which of the following traits are diagnostic of Homo sapiens compared to all other animals?I answered a. obligate bipedalismThe correct answer was e. none of the aboveThe answer is found on week 5 powerpoint page 629) How many times has it been proven that AMHS has had introgression with archaic Homo sapiens (such as Neanderthals)?I answered d. 3+The correct answer was d. 3+30) Who was the first person to photo-image using X-Ray defraction the double helix of Deoxyribonucleic Acid?I answered d. both a. and b.The correct answer was c. Rosalind FranklinThe answer is found on week 2 powerpoint page 2934) Which of the following features is important for determining the age of adults?I answered e. all of the aboveThe correct answer was c. Pubic symphysis changesThe answer is found on week 6 powerpoint page 3635) Gregor Mendel worked primarily as a what while experimenting with pea plants?I answered a. farmerThe correct answer was c. MonkThe answer is found on week 2 powerpoint page 2536) Ancient DNA analyses can NOT be used to examine which of the following?I answered c. marriage patternsThe correct answer was e. none of the aboveThe answer is found on week 6 powerpoint page 5438) Fixation of a gene in a population is when what happens?I answered a. When a particular gene is linked to a gene necessary for survival in that environmentThe correct answer was b. When only one type of allele remains within the gene poolThe answer is found on week 2 powerpoint page 7039) Which of the following populations have the largest average cranial capacity?I answered b. EuropeanThe correct answer was d. Native AmericanThe correct answer is found on not sure cannot find41) Which of the following genera does NOT belong to the superfamily hominoidea?I answered a. Hylobates (Gibbons)The correct answer was b. Papio (Baboons)The answer is found on week 4 powerpoint page 1442) The Law of Independent Assortment states that:I answered e. Both b. and c.The correct answer was c. Multiple genetic traits can segregate independent of one anotherThe answer is found on week 2 powerpoint page 8445) Which of the following is an example of Chattel Slavery according to the US Department of State?I answered d. Forced laborThe correct answer is e. none of the aboveThe answer is found on week 3 powerpoint pages 42-4347) Who came up with the hypothesis of evolution through the inheritance of acquired characteristics?I answered a. Alfred Russel WallaceThe correct answer was d. Jean-Baptiste de Monet